GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| wholesome | promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit |
| title | the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |